Sandersonia aurantiaca, known as christmas bells,
is a climbing bulbous plant from South Africa with attractive
orange-yellow, bell-shaped flowers.
These beautiful and long-lasting flowers were once common in their wild
habitat of Swaziland, but are now threatened due to the expansion of
agricultural activities.
Sandersonia is a half hardy, perennial. Grow in a sheltered, sunny site
with well-drained soil. As its name suggest, the flowers have a very
unusual urn-like shape, and form at the tips of slender, bow-shaped
stems. Highly prized and long lasting cut flower.
Named after John Sanderson, 19th century Scottish journalist and amateur botanist who in 1851 discovered the plant in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
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Christmas Bells Sandersonia aurantiaca
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